* @author Steve McKay
 * @since 9.0
 */
@GwtIncompatible
@J2ktIncompatible
public final class Enums {

  private Enums() {}

  /**
   * Returns the {@link Field} in which {@code enumValue} is defined. For example, to get the {@code
   * Description} annotation on the {@code GOLF} constant of enum {@code Sport}, use {@code
   * Enums.getField(Sport.GOLF).getAnnotation(Description.class)}.
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */

 * @author Steve McKay
 * @since 9.0
 */
@GwtIncompatible
@J2ktIncompatible
public final class Enums {

  private Enums() {}

  /**
   * Returns the {@link Field} in which {@code enumValue} is defined. For example, to get the {@code
   * Description} annotation on the {@code GOLF} constant of enum {@code Sport}, use {@code
   * Enums.getField(Sport.GOLF).getAnnotation(Description.class)}.
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */

    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {
    public Enums() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super(AnEnum.B, AnEnum.A, AnEnum.C, AnEnum.D, AnEnum.E);
    }
  }

import java.util.Locale;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Since annotations have some reusability issues that force copy and paste all over the place, it's
 * worth having a test to ensure that all our Feature enums have their annotations correctly set up.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
public class FeatureEnumTest extends TestCase {

import java.util.Locale;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Since annotations have some reusability issues that force copy and paste all over the place, it's
 * worth having a test to ensure that all our Feature enums have their annotations correctly set up.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
public class FeatureEnumTest extends TestCase {

    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {
    public Enums() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super(AnEnum.B, AnEnum.A, AnEnum.C, AnEnum.D, AnEnum.E);
    }
  }

They will be added to the OpenAPI schema and used by the automatic documentation interfaces:

<img src="/img/tutorial/path-operation-configuration/image01.png">

### Tags with Enums { #tags-with-enums }

If you have a big application, you might end up accumulating **several tags**, and you would want to make sure you always use the **same tag** for related *path operations*.

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).hasValue(TestEnum.POODLE);

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "HONDA")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).isPresent();

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).hasValue(TestEnum.CHEETO);

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).hasValue(TestEnum.POODLE);

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "HONDA")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).isPresent();

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).hasValue(TestEnum.CHEETO);

     * @throws IllegalAccessRuntimeException if the number of actual and formal parameters differ, if primitive arguments cannot be converted, or if the class is related to enums
     * @see Constructor#newInstance(Object[])
     */
    public static <T> T newInstance(final Constructor<T> constructor, final Object... args)
            throws InstantiationRuntimeException, IllegalAccessRuntimeException {